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SEEMS MORE EXPENSIVE Than It Is - Elite Drugstore Makeup GRWM

26 products · May 9, 2026 · Watch on YouTube ↗

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    Catrice$10.00
    • This has an immediate blurring, mattifying impact. Like it just totally erases shine
    • And you can still have all your moisture, but you're just not going to have a shiny finish on top of your skin
    • It almost feels velvety at first and then it just glides into a totally lightweight slash weightless type of feeling
    • If pores are an issue for you around your nose, let's say, like this is a great product to try. It is truly effective
    • Every time I use it, you know, I get the same consistent results
    • This is one that really does deliver on what it says it's going to do
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    Perfect Skin Filter Foundationshade · Classic Beige
    • I do feel like this whole Nude by Nature range screams like drugstore luxury to me
    • Look at that pretty coverage. See how it's smooth and seamless?
    • It's one of those the more I use it, the more I like it type of product
    • I like the weight of the foundation. It's not too heavy, but yet the coverage is absolutely beautiful
    • Really even coverage, but it is not too flat. See the little skin-like finish coming off of it? Really pretty stuff and just does totally give me a high-end feeling when I use it
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    NYX$12.00
    • It feels like a more advanced concealer formula, but the feelings are legit
    • A little bit goes a long way
    • It's able to be really thin, but cover beautifully well
    • It's one of those concealers that is going to play well with any foundation
    • When I say it's thin, it's really thin. It's called a concealer serum. It really is one of the best options for people who want to keep it very lightweight, but still don't want to sacrifice any of the coverage
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    Catrice$9.00
    • I think this is kind of like a translucent powder option, but it's a light powder
    • It's not a powder that just kind of dusts away. I think it's a rather substantial powder. Not cakey, but really perfecting
    • When you put it on, it really works some magic on the blurring of pores, the evening out of certain areas
    • Note how the under eye area was not dulled down one bit. And I feel set. I feel good, but I don't feel so super dry either
    • There are high-end brands that are putting out pressed powders that don't feel nearly as advanced as this and really as potent as this
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    • This was definitely mentioned in the bronzer video. I love this stuff
    • It makes me think of merit in the feel. Kind of a balminess to this one. There is a little moisture in it, but the thing is it has real pigment going on here
    • A pigment level that I think you'd struggle to get out of the Merrick. So that's what impresses me
    • It is absolutely wonderful
    • The texture of this bronzer is just so good. And the tone is so perfect, too
    • Gentle luminosity it's contributing to I feel like all over my skin
    • I would pay significantly more for this product than I have to
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    Sheer For It Blush Tintshade · Left on Red
    • I love these. This has been a product that ever since it came out I have been using with consistency and I've been using really several of the different shades
    • I love these as part of lip combos. They're great on the cheeks as well
    • I love the rosy glow that I get with this
    • If you're a person who wants color on your lips, but you absolutely don't want to feel anything, you got to try one of these stains
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    Essence$6.99
    Soft Baked Blushshade · Cocoa Glaze
    • They are getting into that baked blush game and they're doing an amazing job with this shade called Cocoa Glaze
    • She's really pretty and she gives kind of an unexpected rosy glow to the cheeks
    • Laura Geller, you got to be taking note. Essence is coming
    • It's a pretty multitasker, too. I've talked about that in other videos using on the eyes
    • It's definitely your least expensive baked option
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    CoverGirl$11.99
    • I just really think if you can find one of these ultra skinny brow pencils that's even skinnier than Brow Wiz for a good price, get on it because they are a great innovation
    • And here I feel like it's just able to cut right to the skin and get me filled in and evened out exactly where I want to have that
    • And look, I mean, that was really quick
    • This is where I have a scar over here on this eyebrow. No problem
    • I just feel like this is something you don't have to pay a high-end price tag to have, you know, really quality brow products
    • But she's a gem. An absolute gem
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    • This is one heck of a value because I continue to use this with much consistency
    • Tiny brush. It's still got product on it, you know, like I have not gone through it yet. I don't feel like I'm even close to going through this
    • I put it on and my brows don't get overged with the gel
    • This is perfect. You don't have to think, okay, it just does the job
    • I feel like it's paid for itself several times over
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    • I think they're both good options. Just another product in the makeup routine where you definitely can get a really good result without paying high-end money for it
    • I do enjoy using the Doe Foot. Something about that just makes it feel really quick and easy
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    Eyeshadow Quadshade · Classics
    • This is Dollar Tree, gang. This is $1.25 and it's operating as good as any of your other eyeshadows
    • Three mattes, one shimmer. You're telling me you can't use that one? Like, this is so good
    • This is an improvement and this range is offering a level of consistency I have not seen before from this line
    • Everything else very consistent, highly pigmented
    • Are you seeing any struggle here? No. No struggle
    • I swear this eyeshadow could be repackaged and go undercover in a department store and people would be impressed by it
    • I can't pick it apart. I cannot
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    Milani$14.99
    • I feel like it bulks up my lashes quickly, which is a quality I really want
    • It does build up really fast, which keeps my curl from dropping so much, and that I like
    • If I get a really good curl on them, like this mascara looks so nice on me
    • This does a lot of work in one coat
    • This one does not flake
    • The Milani does a good job for me
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    • I'm on my second or third tube of the E.L.F. and it's legit
    • It's a tubing mascara just as much as the high-end ones are tubing mascaras. You know, it's not like it does a lesser job on that claim
    • No, it will not run. It will not smear
    • Really nice, easy to control brush
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    Defining Lip Pencilshade · Sienna
    • I have had such impressive staying power with this lip liner
    • This is approaching like Revlon Color Stay Level Good Lip Liner
    • It's worn really well, too, even though I've topped it with their little lip and cheek stick
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    Glow Reviver Slipstickshade · Rose Latte
    • I'm very impressed with this new thing from e.l.f. Cosmetics
    • The way these feel on your lips is so smooth, rich, creamy
    • Also, I like the smell, too. Really sweet and yummy
    • But look at the shine. Shine from a stick
    • Oh, it feels so comfy
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    ColourPop$12.00
    • I'm really loving this. This is the little slider mirror, the little mermaid one. I think it's so cute and pretty from the ColourPop mermaid collection
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